Table 60: Promotions of ongoing employees: mean age (years) by location, classification and gender, 2021

Men

Classification
Location Graduate APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
ACT . 30.0 33.0 32.9 30.7 32.8 36.7 40.1 43.2 47.3 48.9 35.3
NSW . 62.0 43.1 38.8 38.7 38.7 39.6 40.8 46.3 . . 39.3
VIC . 47.5 42.8 40.4 36.1 36.2 39.0 41.9 47.8 43.0 . 38.1
QLD . 57.3 44.7 38.5 39.1 38.1 39.9 42.8 47.7 53.0 . 39.3
SA . . 36.0 39.0 38.9 37.2 41.0 43.3 47.3 51.0 . 39.6
WA . 73.0 45.0 36.5 36.4 38.7 40.3 43.4 . . . 38.6
Tas . . 37.4 36.4 37.4 41.4 38.6 43.8 . . . 38.9
NT . 53.3 . 46.0 46.0 39.4 45.0 48.0 . . . 47.0
O'seas . . . . . 33.6 36.8 44.5 47.0 50.0 59.0 40.3
Total men . 50.8 38.9 37.6 34.9 35.4 38.0 41.0 44.1 47.7 49.6 37.2

Women

Classification
Location Graduate APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
ACT . 19.0 30.3 31.3 32.3 33.4 37.0 40.0 43.3 46.4 52.0 35.5
NSW . 61.5 42.7 41.6 39.9 40.2 40.5 41.9 45.4 . . 40.7
VIC . . 37.6 41.0 39.7 39.2 39.5 41.7 45.8 47.0 . 39.9
QLD . 47.4 43.0 39.6 40.9 39.7 42.1 43.7 47.5 42.0 . 40.9
SA 22.0 59.0 44.0 40.1 40.3 40.7 41.2 43.5 51.8 . . 40.9
WA . 53.0 36.3 38.8 38.6 40.7 42.6 45.9 . . . 40.5
Tas . . 31.8 38.6 38.1 40.4 41.5 41.3 41.0 . . 39.5
NT . 53.4 35.0 36.1 39.8 40.2 42.4 44.4 . . . 40.8
O'seas . . . . . 32.3 38.4 39.0 44.2 46.3 . 38.4
Total women 22.0 49.4 37.2 39.0 36.6 36.7 38.6 40.9 43.9 46.3 52.0 38.0

Total

Classification
Location Graduate APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
ACT . 25.6 31.0 31.8 31.7 33.2 36.9 40.1 43.3 46.9 50.0 35.5
NSW . 61.7 42.8 41.0 39.4 39.6 40.2 41.5 45.8 . . 40.2
VIC . 47.5 39.0 40.8 38.3 38.0 39.3 41.8 46.4 45.7 . 39.1
QLD . 51.1 43.4 39.3 40.3 39.0 41.2 43.4 47.6 47.5 . 40.3
SA 22.0 59.0 38.7 39.6 39.8 39.4 41.1 43.4 49.9 51.0 . 40.4
WA . 59.7 37.6 38.1 37.7 39.9 41.7 45.1 . . . 39.8
Tas . . 34.7 37.8 37.9 40.8 40.5 42.0 41.0 . . 39.3
NT . 53.4 35.0 36.8 40.7 40.1 42.6 46.2 . . . 41.9
O'seas . . . . . 32.9 37.9 42.7 45.3 48.4 59.0 39.2
Total 22.0 50.0 37.8 38.6 36.0 36.2 38.3 41.0 44.0 47.0 50.4 37.7

Source: APSED

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